UMd. law school among top 50 feeders for big firms

The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law made the list of the 50 law schools that the nation’s biggest law firms tap when it comes to hiring associates, according to an analysis by a legal newspaper.

Maryland’s law school ranked 43rd of the 50 schools in the National Law Journal’s rankings. Twenty of the 281 graduates from the class of 2011 — or 7.12 percent — found jobs with the nation’s 250 largest law firms, the found.

The University of Baltimore’s law school was not among the top 50 schools in the survey, although three Washington, D.C., law schools were. Georgetown University Law Center was 14th, with 31.08 percent of its 2011 graduates finding work at the 250 biggest firms. George Washington University Law School was 22nd (17.76 percent). Howard University School of Law was 41st (7.64 percent).

The University of Pennsylvania ranked first on the NLJ’s list. Slightly more than 56 percent of its 2011 graduates were hired by the 250 largest firms in the country.